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ADA LOIS SIPUEL PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, GEORGE L. CROSS, MAURICE H. MERRILL, GEORGE WADSACK and ROY GITTINGER DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

No. 32756 MOTION TO ADVANCE CAUSE

Come now said plaintiff in error and respectfully moves this Honorable Court to advance the above-entitled cause for early hearing, and in support thereof represents and shows as follows: 1. This is an action in mandamus wherein the plaintiff in error seeks to compel the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma to admit her into the Law School of said university, and the cause involves the refusal to admit plaintiff in error to the said School of Law and as alleged by the plaintiff in error constitutes a denial of her constitutional rights. 2. The appeal herein has been pending in this court since August 17, 1946; that the legislature of the State of Oklahoma is now in session and because of the nature of the action should be decided by this court while the legislature is still in session.

Motion to Advance Cause Ada Lois Sipuel v. OU Board of Regents. State Supreme Court Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.

[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.

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ADA LOIS SIPUEL PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, GEORGE L. CROSS, MAURICE H. MERRILL, GEORGE WADSACK and ROY GITTINGER DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

No. 32756 MOTION TO ADVANCE CAUSE

Come now said plaintiff in error and respectfully moves this Honorable Court to advance the above-entitled cause for early hearing, and in support thereof represents and shows as follows: 1. This is an action in mandamus wherein the plaintiff in error seeks to compel the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma to admit her into the Law School of said university, and the cause involves the refusal to admit plaintiff in error to the said School of Law and as alleged by the plaintiff in error constitutes a denial of her constitutional rights. 2. The appeal herein has been pending in this court since August 17, 1946; that the legislature of the State of Oklahoma is now in session and because of the nature of the action should be decided by this court while the legislature is still in session.

[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.

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Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/cdm4/rights.php